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    Bud Powell Research Paper

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    appreciate Powell’s music‚ especially his “Tempus Fugue-It” composition‚ we need to take a look at his background and learn about inspirations behind his creativity. Bud Powell was born in 1924 into a family of musicians; his father was a stride pianist‚ his older brother played trumpet‚ and his younger brother played piano as well. Following in his family’s footsteps‚ Powell began instruction for classical piano as early as the age of five. Even though his father wished for him to learn the ways

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    Program Note

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    English Suites No. 2 in A minor‚ BWV 807 J. S. Bach (1685-1750) Prelude Allemande Courante Sarabande Bourrée I‚ Bourrée II Gigue Polonaise No. 1‚ S. 223/1 Mephisto Waltz No. 1‚ S. 514 Franz Liszt (1811-1886) Romeo and Juliet: Ten Pieces for Piano‚ Op. 75 Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953) 1. Folk Dance 2. Scene: The Street Awakens 3. Minuet: Arrival of the Guests 4. Young Juliet 5. Masks 6. Montagues and Capulet 7. Father

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    Fitzgerald became a single act‚ touring with other popular names of the day. In the late 1940s Fitzgerald began to tour with the Jazz at the Philharmonic troupe‚ working with such leading musicians as saxophonist Lester Young‚ trumpeter Roy Eldridge‚ pianist Oscar Peterson‚ and bassist Ray Brown‚ to whom she was married for four years. By the 1960s Fitzgerald had become wealthy enough to retire‚ but the love of performing drove her on — she appeared regularly until just a couple of

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    Consumer Consumption

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    Are You What You Buy? As a society we are embedded in a culture of consumption. Consumerism brings out a passion in people to have things‚ be it objects or services that will make them feel better. This "passion" becomes a powerful force that makes people make some unwise decisions in their life. The money consumers spend on these goods could be going to the ever-surmounting needs for health care‚ poverty help‚ or other things that would help the society as a whole. This is why America is the

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    Beethoven's Life Outline

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    composed during the last 10 years of his life‚ when he was quite unable to hear. He is an crucial figure in the transition between the Classical and Romantic eras in Western art music‚ a pianist‚ a composer who remains one of the most famous and influential of all composers. 2. Body: Family: Composer‚ pianist‚ Ludwig Van Beethoven‚ widely considered the greatest composer of all time‚ was born on or about December 16‚ 1770 in the city of Bonn‚ Germany. Although his exact date of birth is uncertain

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    Elton John

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    Sir Elton Hercules[1] John CBE[2] (born Reginald Kenneth Dwight on 25 March 1947) is an English pop/rock singer‚ composer and pianist. In his four-decade career‚ John has been one of the dominant forces in rock and popular music‚ especially during the 1970s. He has sold more than 250 million albums[citation needed] and over one hundred million singles‚[3] making him one of the most successful artists of all time. He has more than 50 Top 40 hits including seven consecutive #1 U.S. albums‚ 59 Top

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    “real” school in hopes of experiencing recess‚ riding the school bus‚ and cafeteria food fights. As Cumming New Life Church’s present youngest musician on the worship team‚ Loren is honored to have had the opportunity to serve her church as a pianist throughout her entire high school career. Along with being actively involved in her church’s children ministry‚ Loren has traveled on missions’ trips to Guatemala and Colombia. She has given short sermons both‚ domestically and abroad and never

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    Born in Washington D.C. on April 29‚ 1899‚ Duke Ellington was an American composer‚ pianist‚ and bandleader who gained fame by performing with his orchestra both in the Cotton Club in Harlem and in Europe. Regarded as a major figure in the development of jazz‚ Ellington identified his music as American music and adopted the phrase of his colleague Billy Strayhorn “beyond category” as a principle. Ellington started taking piano lessons locally at the age of seven and his mother insisted that he be

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    Johannes Brahms

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    family income by playing the piano in restaurants and theaters‚ as well as by teaching" (Johannes Brahms). His piano teachers were Otto Cossel and Eduard Marxsen. At a young age he gave some public concerts in Hamburg. Though he was not a famous pianist‚ he did perform in some concert tours during his life. Johannes starting composing music as a young child‚ it is believed that he created his first piano sonata at the age of eleven. He really became known as a composer when he "went on a concert

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    Nakunak

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    the  De La Salle Brothers in 1935 before returning to Negros due to the Second World War. He returned to Manila to study Pre-Law‚ before shifting to pursue a Bachelor’s Degree in Music at the University of Santo Tomas. Although he was a talented pianist‚ he later shifted again to Architecture‚ just a year before graduating. He was married to Cecilia Yulo‚ to which he had two children‚ one of whom is also an architect. Was Filipino architect‚ artist and interior designer‚ known for his use of concrete

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